I'm not surprised. I mean I'm a little at the actual figure but I already knew a lot of this. Slate did a really good long article about the casinos. And then I read another hood article about his airline venture but I didnt bookmark it and can't find it.

Trump Airlines was the only time he was am actual CEO because of how the business had to be structured. One of the people interviewed was part of making sure the finances were ok and he said Trump was losing money and the Board (the only time he had a board of directors) was trying to figure out what to do and Trump wanted to buy a basketball team.

I wish I could find that article again.

I've also read several depositions that Trump did and he admitted to lying (he didnt call it lying) about a bunch of his financial claims. He also stalled and balked at questions so the interviewer had to ask again and again until his attorney objected.

My favorite part of the article is the last lines about how Fred Trump's only loss was the money he invested in Donald.

Jesse ftw -- good luck with everything, Tom!

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Meara, big encouraging cheers for you. That must have been hard but it sounds like for the best.

O god I just ran my first faculty meeting I think. ... ... whispers: what am I even doing. This is the part where i turn into a portal demon, right?

Cooking question: what is the difference between regular tomato sauce and vodka tomato sauce? Does the vodka cut the acidity? The last time I drank vodka it was sneaked into a glass of orange juice I was drinking back in college, so I don't know what it tastes like.

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Cooking question: what is the difference between regular tomato sauce and vodka tomato sauce? Does the vodka cut the acidity? The last time I drank vodka it was sneaked into a glass of orange juice I was drinking back in college, so I don't know what it tastes like.

That is an interesting question because my instinctive answer is that Vodka sauce is more "orange" and less "red."

Wikipedia says: "Vodka sauce is an American cuisine sauce made from a smooth tomato sauce, vodka, typical Italian herbs and heavy cream, which gives the sauce its distinctive orange coloration. It is a key ingredient in penne alla vodka.

The vodka's function is, ostensibly, to release flavors in the tomato that are normally inaccessible; using alcoholic beverages for this purpose is common in Italian cooking, although usually accomplished with wine. It is also an emulsifier, serving to keep the sauce stable, when normally the oil of the cream sauce would react with the acidic tomato sauce to separate from the water in both."

So - it allows you to put cream into your tomato sauce without it separating. (Hence the orange.)

Also, vodka is a neutral spirit so it just tastes like (somewhat diluted) alcohol.

Thank you! I don't normally cook with tomato-based sauces because I don't like the acidity.

If you want to cut the acidity in tomato based sauces start with a couple of carrots chopped finely in a food processor, but the cream in a vodka sauce will also help. My vodka sauce recipe is mostly cream with just a couple tablespoons of tomato paste.

I read "vodka sauce" and think "cream sauce with a bit of tomato." It's definitely way less acidic than a traditional tomato sauce, but also way more creamy which is not really my personal bag.